Applied Geography Research Articles

Geo‐Spatial Analyses and School Choice Research

Previous articleNext article No AccessGeo‐Spatial Analyses and School Choice ResearchJeffrey R. HenigJeffrey R. HenigTeachers College Search for more articles by this author Teachers CollegePDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Education Volume 115, Number 4August 2009Mapping Educational Opportunity Sponsored by the Penn State College of Education Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/599784 Views: 172Total views on this site Citations: 11Citations are reported from Crossref HistoryReceived May 20, 2009 © 2009 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Meiling Zhong, Gang Li, Yue Yu, Lanqing Xu, Qifan Nie, Zhuo Yang Out-of-school hours care places in Xi’an City of China: location choice, spatial relationships, and influencing factors, Computational Urban Science 3, no.11 (Feb 2023).https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-023-00084-zAndrew H. Hurie School Choice, Exclusion, and Race Taming in Milwaukee: A Meta-ethnography, The Urban Review 30 (Mar 2021).https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-021-00601-6Terrance L. Green, Joanna Sánchez, Emily Germain Communities and School Ratings: Examining Geography of Opportunity in an Urban School District Located in a Resource-Rich City, The Urban Review 49, no.55 (Jun 2017): 777–804.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-017-0421-1Christopher Lubienski, Jin Lee Geo-spatial analyses in education research: the critical challenge and methodological possibilities, Geographical Research 55, no.11 (Nov 2016): 89–99.https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12188Paul L. Delamater, Timothy F. Leslie, Y. Tony Yang, Kathryn H. Jacobsen An approach for estimating vaccination coverage for communities using school-level data and population mobility information, Applied Geography 71 (Jun 2016): 123–132.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.04.008Shannon Altenhofen, Mark Berends, Thomas G. White School Choice Decision Making Among Suburban, High-Income Parents, AERA Open 2, no.11 (Jan 2016): 233285841562409.https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858415624098Andrew Saultz, Dan Fitzpatrick, Rebecca Jacobsen Exploring the Supply Side: Factors Related to Charter School Openings in NYC, Journal of School Choice 9, no.33 (Aug 2015): 446–466.https://doi.org/10.1080/15582159.2015.1028829Catherine Doherty, Barbara Rissman, Bronwyn Browning Educational markets in space: gamekeeping professionals across Australian communities, Journal of Education Policy 28, no.11 (Jan 2013): 121–152.https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2012.692394 John L. Rury and Argun Saatcioglu Suburban Advantage: Opportunity Hoarding and Secondary Attainment in the Postwar Metropolitan North, American Journal of Education 117, no.33 (Jul 2015): 307–342.https://doi.org/10.1086/659210Kat Sonia Thomson Externalities and School Enrollment Policy: A Supply-Side Analysis of School Choice in New Zealand, Journal of School Choice 4, no.44 (Dec 2010): 418–449.https://doi.org/10.1080/15582159.2010.526848Hanne B. Mawhinney, James A. May Localism in Public Charter School -Accountability for Learning, Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 111, no.1313 (Apr 2009): 123–166.https://doi.org/10.1177/016146810911101310

Open Access Publishing: Hypocrisy and Confusion in Geography

Debates about the possibilities and importance of open access publishing in academia are reaching a crucial stage. British universities are implementing “author archiving”, electronically storing their staff’s outputs for online public access. At the same time, an increasing number of academics are calling for an overhaul of journal publishing processes—urging us to sign a petition to the European Commission in support of open access (EC Petition 2007). Journal publishers are fighting a rearguard action in response. This ranges from making some of their content freely available, to creating complicated licence forms allowing authors to only post articles online several months (in some cases years) after publication; the chief concern of publishers is the potentially dramatic loss of revenue (Shepherd 2007). The result for academics is a messy and confusing situation where even fine attention to the small print of such licences offers little clarity. Whether we are correctly abiding by these licences or not, there needs to be a more assertive discussion within academic geography about our outputs. Many geographers have critically engaged with our publishing practices, encouraging academics to write in more accessible styles and in nonacademic locations (Castree 2006; Mitchell 2006; Smith 2000). Condemnation of the negative consequences of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) on how we publish abounds; as does criticism of the Anglo-American hegemony in our conferences and publishing (Minca 2003). Moreover, the recent campaign to boycott Elsevier publications (including Political Geography, Geoforum, and Applied Geography) due to their support for arms trading has highlighted how “academic practices are increasingly enmeshed with capitalist social relations through their links with, and dependency on, multinational publishing companies” (Chatterton and Featherstone 2006:5). This move to be more critically aware of the commercialisation not just of our institutions, but also of our outputs, is necessary and

From Loss of Objects to Recovery of Meanings: Online Museums and Indigenous Cultural Heritage

The debate about the responsibility of museums to respect Indigenous peoples’ rights (Kelly and Gordon; Butts) has caught our attention on the basis of our previous research experience with regard to the protection of the tangible and intangible heritage of the San (former hunter gatherers) in Southern Africa (Martin and Vermeylen; Vermeylen, Contextualising; Vermeylen, Life Force; Vermeylen et al.; Vermeylen, Land Rights). This paper contributes to the critical debate about curatorial practices and the recovery of Indigenous peoples’ cultural practices and explores how museums can be transformed into cultural centres that “decolonise” their objects while simultaneously providing social agency to marginalised groups such as the San.

FRANCE: AN APPLIED GEOGRAPHY. By J. W. House

FRANCE: AN APPLIED GEOGRAPHY. By J. W. House

Methodologies for change? A critique of applied research in children's geographies

Applied geography has a long, if contested, history in human geography. Recent debates in children's geographies have discussed the possibilities for conducting applied research with children. Drawing upon research exploring children's mobility in the UK, this paper discusses working with local transport planners as a way of conducting applied research in children's geographies. It identifies how decisions regarding who to work with (in this case local voluntary transport committees based in schools) impacts upon the possibilities for developing participatory approaches and for involving children in research. Also discussed are different methodological strategies for involving research partners in the research process. The paper contributes to wider debates within applied research by discussing how distinctions between applied, policy research and more radical, activist research are often unhelpful as research often combines elements of both.

Literature Use by Geography Scholars

Abstract This study examines and describes citation patterns for 1,555 references from the 2000 issues of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Applied Geography, Cartographic Journal, Economic Geography, and Geographical Analysis. Generalizable relationships exist between periodical title and citation attributes, including publication place, format, subject, age, and availability seen in WorldCat holdings. Academic geographers who publish in different scholarly periodicals have distinctive literature use patterns that may impact collection development and management, as well as user services.

All possible worlds: a history of geographical ideas

PREFACE 1. A Field of Study Called Geography PART ONE: CLASSICAL 2. The Beginnings of Classical Geography 3. Geography in the Middle Ages 4. The Age of Exploration 5. The Impact of Discoveries 6. An End and a Beginning: Alexander von Humbolt and Carl Ritter PART TWO: MODERN 7. What Was New 8. The New Geography in Germany 9. The New Geography in France 10. The New Geography in Great Britain 11. The New Geography in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Commonwealth of Independent States 12. The New Geography in Canada 13. The New Geography in Sweden 14. The New Geography in Japan 15. The New Geography in the United States Before World War I 16. The New Geography in the United States: World War I to Mid-century 17. The New Geography in the United States: Mid-century to the Present 18. Applied Geography 19. New Methods of Observation and Analysis 20. Innovation and Trade Index of Names Index of Subjects

Migrants and Housing Investments: Theory and Evidence from Nigeria

The dominance of housing may reflect limitations in the menu of investment choices available to migrants in the country of origin. In many developing countries individuals face relatively few savings opportunities where productive assets (such as land farm assets) are associated with high risks and/or low rates of return. Housing investments offer unique advantages in that they are durable highly visible and associated with low risk and monitoring requirements. However there are some important drawbacks associated with housing investments. In particular where resale and rental markets for housing are not well developed migrants housing assets may be relatively illiquid and irreversible. In the next section I provide some background on general patterns of investment behavior among migrants. Here the evidence on housing investments is discussed for a rich set of migrant sending and receiving countries. In Section III I develop the conceptual framework for understanding migrants housing investment decisions. Section IV provides a description of the data sources. Section V outlines the empirical strategy. In Section VI I discuss the empirical findings. Section VII presents conclusions. (excerpt)

Continental Physiography, Climate, and the Global Distribution of Human Population

Continental Physiography, Climate, and the Global Distribution of Human Population

Applied Multitemporal Image and Geography Information System to Analyze Region Potential in Part of Slump of Jebres Subdistrict in Surakarta

This research is aimed at detecting the areas having potential to be the slums by looking at the decrease of population index and physical environment from year to year. In this way, a model of analysis for the area with the potential of being slummed can be resulted.The research was conducted in some parts of Jebres Subdistrict in Surakarta Municipality by employing qualitative method approach. There were two types of data used in this research. The first were prime data inform of black and white Panchromatic aerial photographs with the scale of 1 :5 O00 at the year of 1982, and small format colorful anchromatic aerial photographs at the year of 1992. The second were secondary data related to the population condition i.e. demography, economy, health, social and culture, as well as physical environment covering water and land for 20 years (1982 j 2000).All the data in this research were analyzed by Geographical Infiormation Systems at arc Info. The final result of the research showed that based on the 1982 black and white Panchromatic aerial photographs, slum areas did not exist at all. Meanwhile, based on the 1992 small format colorful Panchromatic aerial photographs with the scale of 1:5 000, 140.882 hectares of slum areas were found at jagalan and Gandekan Villages. Overlay from the maps of quality development in dwelling area and the decrease in environment index produced a map showing the area with the potential of being slummed covering 240.14 Hectares.

The Asia-Pacific region and the new world order

The author is Associate Professor, School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia. He gained a Geography Honours degree and MA in Applied Geography at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and a Ph. D at the University of British Columbia. He has taught at the University of Western Australia since then, apart from 1991-1993 when he was Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo attached to the Department of International Relations at Komaba. He has published widely in various areas of political geography, including electoral geography, local government, federalism and more recently geopolitics. His most recent book, is The Geopolitics of Australia's Regional Relations (Dordrecht, Kluwer, 1999, reprinted 2001). His current research projects are in the areas of water security, Australia's "arc of instability," regionalism and Australia-Asia relations. He is a full member of the IGU Commission on the World Political Map and English-language editor of Chiri, the Japanese journal of human geography. He will be Visiting Professor at the University of Kyoto during 2003.

Iconography and circulation on the Atlantic seaboards: Europe and North America

From his appointment as a lecturer in 1950, the author has spent all his academic career within the Department of Geography of the Université de Haute-Bretagne à Rennes, of which he was acting Head for a long while, until his retirement in 1984, when he became an emeritus fellow. After his doctorate thesis in 1955 and a short stay at Chicago and Northwestern Universities, in 1956 he met in Princeton Jean Gottmann who was then putting the first touches to his major work Megalopolis. Jean Gottmann was to play a decisive role in directing the young Breton geographer towards research work in applied geography. In France, applied geography suffered from severe backwardness until the publication of Géographie et action. Introduction à la géographie appliquée (1960). Forty years later, La Géographie appliquée: Du géographe universitaire au géographe professionnel (1999) showed the way covered on a national and worldwide scale. Michel Phlipponneau was chairman of the Commission on Applied Geography of the I.G.U from 1968 to 1980. He was himself an actor in regional planning in Brittany and abroad as an expert for the United Nations, and at a political level as a departmental and regional Counsellor and as Deputy-Mayor of Rennes and President of the Urban District.

Report of the Honors Committee, 2002

Southeastern Geographer Vol. XXXXIII, No. 1, May 2003, pp. 146-150 REPORT OF THE HONORS COMMITTEE, 2002 Derek H. Alderman The Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers is committed to honoring notable faculty and students. For information on the criteria for the Division's awards, please refer to a recent SEDAAG newsletter or the Southeastern Geographer, Vol. 37, May 1997, pp. 109-1 10. The Honors Committee has the task of soliciting nominations for several special awards, evaluating these nominations , and selecting recipients for recognition at the annual meeting in November. The following honorées represent some of the best geographers the profession has to offer. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD J. Dennis Lord University of North Carolina at Charlotte The most prestigious award given by the Southeastern Division is the Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has excelled in research, teaching, and service. Members of the Honors Committee are proud to present the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. J. Dennis Lord of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In a professorial career that stretches over 32 years, Dennis Lord has become an internationally recognized leader in applied geographical studies , specifically location analysis of retail trade, shopping center development, and banking. A product and student of the American South, he has advanced our understanding ofthe growing financial prominence ofurban areas in the region. His publication record includes 44 articles in refereed professional journals, nine chapters in books, four monographs, and a co-edited book. He has served as a referee over 100 times for professional journals and granting agencies. His applied research has gained a national reputation for his department. Dr. Lord is also a dedicated teacher and mentor. He has directed over 50 master internship projects, often arranging external funding for them. Many ofthese internships have led to employment opportunities for students. His students are spread throughout the field of applied retail geography, working for virtually every major consulting firm in the Charlotte area and in many major corporations with their own location and marketing divisions. In 1994, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte awarded him the NationsBank Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Dr. Alderman is an Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. E-mail: aldermand@ mail.ecu.edu. HONORS COMMITTEE, 2002147 highest honor given by the institution for individual teaching performance. A year later, Dr. Lord received the University of North Carolina Board of Governor's Award for Teaching Excellence, a system-wide recognition. His dedication to mentoring extends beyond students to include other faculty. On this point, one of Dr. Lord's departmental colleagues wrote: "We all know his door is always open for advice on our research and teaching. He is the essence of the quiet scholar/mentor and never tires of the endless inquiries we all make about our own research and scholarship." The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has supported geography through formal service to professional organizations or work in the public domain. Dennis Lord has made outstanding achievements in both arenas. He has served as editor of the Professional Geographer (1992-1994) and the Southeastern Geographer (1983-1987). Dr. Lord has held numerous leadership positions in the Association of American Geographers (Regional Councilor and Local Arrangements Committee), SEDAAG (State Representative, Secretary, Newsletter Editor, and Chair of Nominations Committee), and Applied Geography Conference (President and Chair of Local Arrangements). On more than 30 occasions, he has lent his expertise as an economic geographer to public officials and organizations, including school systems, libraries, police departments, and chambers of commerce in the Charlotte area. In 1 994, our regional division honored him with the Outstanding Service Award. When bestowing this award eight years ago, Tyrel Moore described Dr. Lord as a model of unselfishness, dependability, and professionalism. With this in mind, it is only fitting that our organization says "thank you" for a lifetime of achievement and excellence. RESEARCH HONORS AWARD Chor-Pang (CP.) Lo University of Georgia The Research Honors Award recognizes a person who has amassed a significant record ofhigh-quality scholarship while also demonstrating research leadership at institutional and organizational levels. Members of the Honors Committee...

Problemi jezikovne politike v EU in možnosti aplikativne geografije

Članek obravnava različne probleme, ki zadevajo načrtovanje jezikovnih politik v Evropski uniji. Podrobneje prikazuje filozofske, metodološke in tehnične doprinose aplikativne geografije pri razvijanju holistične perspektive o jeziku v širšem kontekstu. Prispevek nadalje predlaga skupne možne pobude za mednarodno raziskovanje v okviru razširjene Evrope.

La geografía militar española (1819-1936)

The Spanish Military Geography during the period 1819-1945 is presented as an Applied Geography; wich needs an overall knowledge of Geography in order to apply it to the war requirements. The method for the analysis of the Spanish mainland develops from a study around its bowls and hydrographic slopes into a strategic study, going over military areas. Its output and scientific level is very high in a time when the academic Geograpphy was not estabished. Its approach to the same geographic area is different from the Geography for Teachers, given that the goal of the former is the geographic knowledge of the land in order to defend or control it.

Applied geography: in pursuit of useful knowledge

Applied geography is concerned with the application of geographical knowledge and skills to the resolution of real-world social, economic and environmental problems, yet the approach has been the subject of criticism from Marxist and, more recently, postmodern theorists. This paper examines the substance of this critique and employs the concept of useful knowledge to illustrate the principles, practice and potential of an applied geographical approach to the challenge of enhancing the quality of present and future living conditions and environments on the planet Earth.

When Nomads Settle: The Effects of Commoditization, Nutritional Change, and Formal Education on Ariaal and Rendille Pastoralists

When Nomads Settle: The Effects of Commoditization, Nutritional Change, and Formal Education on Ariaal and Rendille Pastoralists

Colonist Land‐Allocation Decisions, Land Use, and Deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon Frontier

As one of the last agricultural frontiers of the humid tropics, Amazonia is the largest area of the world currently undergoing frontier settlement. Although the earliest intrusions of foreign populations into Amazonia date from pre-Hispanic times, the large-scale entrance of peasant colonists into the vast region is a recent phenomenon. Much of this movement represents the spontaneous migration of peoples, but governments in the region have also become increasingly interested in opening up and integrating Amazonia to national and international economies. These actions are frequently seen as potential solutions to a number of national problems, including the need to increase agricultural production, correct spatial imbalances in the distribution of population, exploit frontier lands for reasons of national security, and defuse potentially serious political problems resulting from the existing agrarian structure, landlessness, and unemployment. The upper basin of the Amazon in Ecuador, bordering on the eastern slopes of the Andes, is one such area of frontier settlement. Recent decades have witnessed the rapid conversion of these Amazonian forests to agricultural uses through a series of schemes bearing such labels as land development and colonization. Most forest intervention in the region has come at the hands of colonist farmers attempting to establish land claims along transport routes originally constructed to aid in petroleum exploration and exploitation. These are farmers who formerly have made a living in long-established farmlands and who, for various reasons (population pressures, pervasive poverty, maldistribution of farmland, lack of inputs for intensive cultivation, lack of nonagrarian livelihood opportunities, and generally inadequate rural development) have been increasingly squeezed out of their homelands. A marginal person by virtue of his low socioeconomic and political status, the farmer often perceives

Applied geography antecedents: Marketing geography

There is a tradition of interaction between academic and practitioner, and the benefits of this tradition are well exemplified by the development of the body of knowledge of marketing geography. Marketing geography has existed as a subdiscipline longer than most other areas of applied geography; it then offers an example to the larger discipline. An historical overview reveals that the interaction has not always been appreciated or welcome, but has still generally brought benefits for both sides. The academic has benefited from the practitioner's sense of problem. The practitioner has benefited from the academic's advancement in methodology. But today the origin of the diffusion of the geographer's technology has shifted from the university to the larger commercial marketplace. Therefore, in the world of marketing geography, the gap between the academic and the practitioner shall become quite narrow. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Applied geography antecedents: Marketing geography

Applied geography antecedents: Marketing geography